Jun 27, 2008

Small Fire at San Diego Retirement Home

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By Pauline Repard – San Diego Union Tribune Food burning on a stove set off fire sprinklers at St. Stephen’s Retirement Center on Imperial Avenue in Valencia Park in southeast San Diego Monday evening, fire officials said. The burning food [...]

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Jun 26, 2008

Keene, NH Fire Sprinkler System Douses Kitchen Fire in Hi-Rise

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By PAT GROSSMITH – The Union Leader KEENE – A sprinkler system quickly extinguished a kitchen fire this morning in a high-rise apartment building, according a fire official. The fire department was directly alerted at 7:30 a.m. when the sprinkler [...]

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Jun 26, 2008

Honolulu, HI Arson Suspected in Salt Lake Apartment Fire

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Honolulu Advertiser Automatic sprinklers doused a Salt Lake apartment fire today that Honolulu Fire Department investigators determined was intentionally set. Advertisement The 3:40 p.m. fire, which started in the kitchen of unit 204 of the Country Club Plaza complex at [...]

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Jun 26, 2008

CMS Requires Fire Sprinklers in Long-Term Care Facilities

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Occupational Health Safety For the first time, nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in the United States will have to install fire sprinkler systems throughout their buildings if they wish to continue to serve Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. A [...]

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Jun 26, 2008

Fire Sprinkler Projects Delayed at Three USC Dorms

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By JAMES T. HAMMOND – The State Almost 1,000 USC students who live in dorms could go another year without fire-dousing sprinklers and other fire protection because of a state building moratorium. The State Budget and Control Board has halted [...]

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Jun 25, 2008

Rebuttal to Sprinkler Fitter Unions Support of Fire Sprinklers Article

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This rebuttal is in response to the article written by Randy D. Roxson. Sprinkler Fitter Unions Across Nation Support Fire Sprinklers Not surprisingly, Mr. Roxson completely misstates my position on the issue of fire sprinkler fitter training and certification. As [...]

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Jun 25, 2008

Sprinkler Fitter Unions Across Nation Support Fire Sprinklers

by Randy D. Roxson

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Recently, Steve Leyton, an adamant opponent of California’s AB 2288 (Torrico), which will require sprinkler installers to be trained, submitted an article to this site entitled “SPRINKLER FITTERS UNION TO OPPOSE FIRE SPRINKLERS”. While this makes a good headline to [...]

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Jun 25, 2008

Florida Developer Cuts Deal With City On Fire Sprinklers

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By CHRISTIAN M. WADE – Tampa Tribune ZEPHYRHILLS – The developer of a massive town home project could be exempted from the new municipal sprinkler law, under a tentative agreement reached with city officials. Miami-based Lennar Homes LLC – developer [...]

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Jun 25, 2008

One Person Dead After Maryland House Fire

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MyFox Washington DC BOWIE, MD – Fire crews say one person was found dead after an early-morning house fire in Prince George’s County on Tuesday, but they’re still trying to determine what started it. Firefighters say the blaze sparked at [...]

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Jun 24, 2008

Manchester, NH Fire Quickly Quelled – Fire Sprinkler System Credited

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By PAT GROSSMITH – The Union Leader MANCHESTER – An early warning smoke alarm system, along with sprinklers, are being credited with containing a fire this morning to a ground floor bedroom in an Eastern Avenue apartment building. District Chief [...]

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